The Kuala Lumpur High Court deferred to July 3 its decision on whether to grant leave for Najib Abdul Razak to proceed with his judicial review over an alleged royal addendum allowing him to serve the remainder of his six-year jail sentence as house arrest.

The deferment from today's initially scheduled decision followed on the heels of judge Amarjeet Singh this morning allowing Najib's bid to insert new affidavits from himself as well as Pahang Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail in support of the former finance minister's legal action.

Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly @ Arwi from the Attorney-General’s Chambers...